Egg-box



(No Model.) 2 Sheets--Sheet 1.

W. C. GASKILL.

EGG BOX.

No. 324,829. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W. O. GASKILL.

EGG BOX.

No. 324,829. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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WILLIAM C. GASKILL, OF APALAOHIN, NEW YORK.

EGG-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,829, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed Julie 22, 1885.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OGAsKILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Apalachin, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Egg, Butter, and Packing Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in boxes for shipping eggs, butter, &c.; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a packing-box embodying my invention one half of said box being filled with eggs, and the other half being filled with butter. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same filled with eggs. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the egg-trays folded in the bottom of the box and the re mainder of the space packed with other goods. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of the butter-box.

A represents ashippingbox, which is preferably rectangular in shape, and is of the or dinary construction. On the inner sides of this box, near the bottom, are secured flanges or cleats B.

G represents lids which are hinged to the ends of the box, and are adapted to meet at the center thereof when folded down to close the box, as shown. At the center of the box, to the sides thereof, is secured a wire bail, D, which has outwardly-extending curves d at a suitable distance above the sides. U-shaped springs E are secured to the sides of the box by means of keepers c. The upper horizontal portions of these springs normally extend inwardly above the sides of the box for a slight distance, and are adapted to catch over the lids 0 when the latter are closed, and thereby secure themin place. The curves din the bail are to receive the horizontal portions of the springs when the latter are pressed outwardly in order to release the lids. In the bottom of the box is placed a packing, F--such as raw cotton, wool, bran, or other yielding sub- (No model.)

stance-the function of which is to prevent concussions of the box from breaking the eggs.

H represents cellular collapsible egg-trays, which are of the usual construction, and formed of interlocking'strips of pasteboard. These trays are piled in two series, one in each end of the box, and sheets of pasteboard or thin sheets of wood I are placed between the trays to form bottoms therefor. Between the series of trays, at the center of the box, is placed a partition, G, which is composed of two pieces or flaps, g, hinged together at their lower edges, as at 9. When the eggs are taken out of the trays,the latter are folded and placed in the bottom of the box, and the flaps of the partition are folded out over the trays and rest 011 the flanges B, thereby forming a false bottom for the box above the folded trays. The space above the false bottom in the box may then be utilized for packing differentvarieties of goods, as shown at Fig. 3, and thus the box is adapted to be transported to one point filled with eggs, and to be returned filled with other goods and the empty folded eggtrays.

In Fig. 5 I illustrate a butter-tray adapted to be used in connection with my box. This tray is of a size sufficient to fill one-half of the box, and is provided with flaring or inclined sides, and thereby adapted to be nested with others of like construction when empty, and thus effect an economy in space.

By means of a butter-tray of this construc tion I am enabled to fill one half of my box with eggs and the other half with butter, as shown at Fig. 1, and as will be very readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, I

1. The combination, with the box having the cleats or flanges 13, of the partition adapted to be placed on the cleats and to form a false bottom to the box, and the collapsible trays, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the box having the cleats or flanges 13, of the collapsible trays and the hinged partition G, adapted to divide the series of trays or to be folded down on the cleats to form a false bottom for the box, for the purpose set forth, substantially as de-- scribed.

3. The combination, with the box having and to be drawn back into the curves d to rethe cleats or flanges B, of the folding partition lease the 1ids,substantially as described. G, adapted to divide the box vertically into In testimony that I claim the foregoing as two compartments and tobe folded down on my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 5 the cleats to form a false bottom for the box, presence of two witnesses.

substantially as described.

4. The combination, With the boX having WILLIAM GASKILL' the lids C, of the bail having the curves (Z, and \Vitnesses: the spring-catches E, adapted to catch over AARON STEELE,

10 the edges of the lids when the latter are closed L. L. FOX. 

